Re: Absurd thing to do

[Christopher R. Maden]

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On 03/31/2011 12:30 AM, Shane Brandes wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience converting lilypond to finale type
> files? I only ask this because I have had a run in with a publisher
> who thinks it would be too much work as all their output is from that
> app and all mine is now on lilypond. I gave him a pretty good lecture
> on the awesome nature of Lilypond, but to no avail. Not that it would
> change our other argument (I am an "obsolete" composer), but I want to
> at least abolish that one if possible. I suspect it is possible to run
> a .ly into an .xml and then import it somehow but have not had the
> opportunity to try it out myself. Nor do I really want to.

I can’t say for certain, but converting text formats is what I do, so I
may be able to help.  I’m not familiar with the Finale XML format, but
if you can send me a sample or a specification, I’ll see what I can do.

~Chris
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